Herman Dacus

Herman Dacus (died February 1921) was a New Jersey high school teacher and Ku Klux Klan member. He was killed by Chalky White in self-defense in 1921 after he attacked one of his warehouses with three other Klansmen.

Biography
Herman Dacus was born in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and he became a high school teacher in Atlantic City; the future criminal Jimmy Darmody was a student of his. Dacus was a white supremacist, and he decided to become a member of the local Ku Klux Klan chapter, becoming a prominent member. In February 1921, Dacus and three other Klansmen launched an attack on one of Chalky White's warehouses with a machine gun mounted on the back of a pickup truck, killing four people and wounding ten. White shot Dacus in the back of the neck with an Enfield rifle as the truck drove away, and Dacus was mortally injured. He died not long after, sparking tensions between the white and African-American communities of Atlantic City.